Improvement in apparatus for preparing coffee and tea



J. M. WEBB.

Apparatus for Preparing Coffee and Tea.

No. 221,376. Patented Nov. 4,1879.

WITNESSES INVENTOR- N4 PETERS. PHDTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON :1v 0.

UNITED STATS JACOB M. WEBB, OF S OMERVILLE, TENNESSEE.

IMPROVEMENT lN APPARATUS FOR PREPARING COFFEE AND TEA.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 22 L376. dated November4, 1879; application filed August 11, 1879. i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB M. XVEBB, of Somerville, in the county ofFayette and State of Tennessee, have invented an Improved Ap' paratusfor Preparing Coffee and Tea; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making part of this specification Figure 1 beinga central vertical section of the apparatus as arranged for drawing orsteeping; coffee or tea, Fig. 2, a top view of the same.

Like letters designate corresponding parts in both figures. I

My invention consists in the apparatus applied as a coffee or tea pot,and constructed substantially as follows:

In Figs. 1 and 2, A represents the body of a coffee-pot or tea-pot ofany ordinary construction, the spout a being provided with a removablecap, I), to prevent the escape ofthe aroma of the coffee or tea whilesteeping.

The apparatus consists of a condenser, a hotwater feeder, and a drippercombined, the whole being united so as to be used in connection with,and so formed as to fit into the top of, the coffee or tea pot, andserve for the time in place of the ordinary cover.

The body B of the condenser fits into the top of the body of the coffeeor tea pot, and serves as the base or support of the other united parts.It has a downwardly-projectin g flange, 0, into which removably fits thedripper or digester O, which is thereby suspended therefrom within thebody of the coffee or tea pot, and is made preferablyof perforated sheetmetal, as shown, but may be made of wiregauze or other material, theperforations or meshes of which will not allow the escape of theparticles of the coffee or tea, but will allow a free circulation of thewater or liquid infusion through .them. Vertically through the middle ofthe condenser B extends a pipe, tube, or passage, D, through which thehot water is poured into the dripper G to fill the cofi'ee or tea pot asfull as required. At the upper end of the tube is a hot-water-receivin gfunnel, E,

- which preferably has a strainer, c, to arrest impurities, and it has aclose-fitting cover, (1.

Around the tube D, and, as shown, around a part of the funnel E andabove the body B of the condenser, is a conicalcold-water conductor andcondensing-chamber, G, the narrow bottom of which, as at'g, isperforated to prevent the descent of impurities into the body of thecondenser, between which and the said conducting-chamber I generallymake an annular chamber or passage, H, though this is not essential. Ifemployed, the bottom thereof also is preferably perforated where itempties into the body of the condenser. The top of thiscondensing-chamber G is permanently closed tight 5 but into its upperpart a pipe or passage, 2', leads from a funnel, I, through which thecold water is poured to supply the condensin g-chamber G and condenserB. This funnel also has a cover, Z, and a strainer, m.

The condensing-chamber B is entirely inclosed and water-tight; but ithas an outlet tube or pipe, K, which terminates in a narrow opening atthe end. Through this pipe the water escapes as it becomes warm, andcold water poured into the funnel I forces itout of the condenser. Anyvessel or receiver may catch the water as it flows from the pipe K.

With the apparatus constructed substantially as above described themaking of coffee or tea is as follows:

The ground coffee or tea is first placed in the dripper O, which is'thenattached to the 10 wcr flange of the condenser B, and the wholeapparatus is then placed in the top of the body or pot A, closing thesame as a cover. Hot water, as much as required, is then poured into thefunnel E, and it runs down through the pipe D into the dripper O,percolating through the coffee or tea, and fills the body or pot A asfull as desired, thus acting first to draw and then to steep the coffeeor tea. The cover is put on the funnel E, and then cold water is pouredinto the funnel I, from which it flows first through the conducting andcondensing chamber G, and then into the condenser B. Thus while thecoffee or tea is steeping the entire surface of the condenser B withinthe pot A and the whole surface of the tube or pipe D, all the surfaceto which the rising vapors and to condense the same and to cause them toflow or drip back into the liquid coffee or tea, and thus perfectlypreserve the flavor thereof and retain its heat.

The water in the condenser B and condensing-chamber G is to be kept coolduring the steeping, and to this end it is generally best to pour asmall quantity of cold water into the funnel I two or three times, thewarmed water in the condenser flowing out through the discharge-pipe Kas additional cold water is poured into the funnel I.

After the coffee or teahas become sufficiently steeped and ready for thetable the apparatus is taken from the body or pot A and an ordinarycover fitted into the top opening thereof.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-- 1. The combination of a condenser, 13, provided with awater-disclmrge spout, K, and

with a hotwater-feeding tube or passage, 1), extending through it, witha dripper, O, suspended therefrom, and a coifee-steeping pot or vessel,A, substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

2. In an apparatus for preparing coffee and tea, a condenser, '5,provided with awaterdischarge spout, K, and with a hot-water-feeding'tube or passage, D, extending through it, and having an upper auxiliarychamber, Gr, surrounding the hot-water pipe or passage, substantially asand for the purpose herein specified.

The foregoing specification signed by me this 30th day of April, 1879.

JACOB M. WEBB.

Witnesses:

711. U. OLD, E. R. TA'rUM.

